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      <h1><a name="1013271">Preface</a></h1>
      <p><a name="1015386">This manual is a language reference for users of the Cadence</a><font color="#000000"><sup>&#174;</sup></font> Library Exchange Format (LEF) and Design Exchange Format (DEF) integrated circuit (IC) description languages. </p>
      <p><a name="1015387">LEF defines the elements of an IC process technology and associated library of cell models. DEF defines the elements of an IC design relevant to physical layout, including the netlist and design constraints. LEF and DEF inputs are in ASCII form.</a></p>
      <p><a name="1015390">This manual assumes that you are familiar with the development and design of integrated circuits. </a></p>
      <p><a name="1014098">This preface provides the following information:</a></p>
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      <h2><a name="1017612">What's New</a></h2>
      <p><a name="1017614">For information on what is new or changed in LEF and DEF for version 5.8 see </a><a href="../lefdefWN/lefdefWNTOC.html" target="external_window"><font color="#0000ff"><u><em>What's New in LEF&#47;DEF</em></u></font></a>. </p>
      <h2><a name="conventions"></a><a name="1013460">Typographic and Syntax Conventions</a></h2>
      <p><a name="1015411">This list describes the conventions used in this manual.</a></p>
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      <blockquote><a name="1018301">Words in </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">monospace</font> type indicate keywords that you must enter literally. These keywords represent language tokens. Note that keywords are case insensitive. They are shown in uppercase in this document, but a keyword like <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">LAYER</font> can also be <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">Layer</font> or <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">layer</font> in a LEF or DEF file.</blockquote>
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      <blockquote><a name="1018309">Words in </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>italics</em></font><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font>indicate user&#45;defined information for which you must substitute a name or a value.</blockquote>
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      <blockquote><a name="1018377">Represents a point in the design. This value corresponds to a coordinate pair, such as x y. You must enclose a point within parentheses, with space between the parentheses and the coordinates. For example, <br></a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><br>RECT ( 1000 2000 ) ( 1500 400 )</font>.</blockquote>
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      <blockquote><a name="1018471">Three dots indicate that you can repeat the previous argument. If they are used with brackets, you can specify zero or more arguments. If they are used with braces, you must specify at least one argument, but you can specify more.</a></blockquote>
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      <p><a name="1017367">Any characters not included in the list above are required by the language and must be entered literally.</a></p>
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